subject: Baby Doll Accessories: Classic Paper Dolls - The Start [print this page] In Pioneer America, classic paper dolls were a very important treasure since paper was limited. Imagine your self as kid living in a small cabin with very little to play with. You were given a paper doll, maybe two. You know how valuable they are and want to cherish all of them, so you find a special book and place them between pages or perhaps in a special box which you safeguard always for protection of your cherished paper-doll.
The paper-doll gives a very broad look at the cultures from all around the world. They symbolize so many costumes, clothing, accessories and several other things of importance for historians. The most obvious were the vintage paper dolls representing royalty as well as for the children of royalty.
Paper dolls first appeared in the 18th Century in Paris, during the reign of Louis XV. This is when toys very first appeared in this French Society. On the other part of the English Channel, proper British printers produced the paper dolls. They would blend fun and virtue through printing stories with morals and values, on flat pieces of paper, and that comprised the dolls. Vintage paper doll were then produced as a magnificently lithographed full-color collection. They symbolized not only the popular theater personalities but of the Royal families, which included the House of Windsor and the German Royal Family. It was from that era the paper doll has been invented.
In 1866, an artist named Raphael Tuck, was probably the most widely known manufacturer of the paper doll. In December of 1940, Tuck's German Manufacturing facilities were destroyed by a bombing, and with it destroyed all records, plates and documents. However his dolls were very easily identified by the trademark and series name and also number which was on back of each piece. The trademark style of this company has been the set of vintage paper doll costumes as well as interchangeable heads. He also made some "regular" dolls which includes Sweet Abigail, Winsome Winnie, My Lady Betty, Prince Charming, the fantastic Fairy Tale series and more. He continued to make the vintage paper doll collections well into the twentieth century.
In the beginning, having paper dolls was a privilege and only the children of the Royalty could actually have them. There were dolls representing actors from the theater, stage, opera as well as television. The period when the antique paper dolls were the most popular was throughout the 1930's to the 1950's. This could be referred to as the "Golden Age of Paper Dolls." Paper toys were the most affordable toys to possess during the depression though it was of a lesser quality of paper, because of the WWII.
Collecting vintage dolls is thrilling and can be achieved very cheaply. There are sufficient varieties to satisfy each and every collector. Venture back again in your memories of sitting down with your paper dolls, enjoying with your friends. Today it is possible to relive those memories with your vintage paper dolls collection.
